UnfriedHow it works
Coming to iPhone

Unfry your brain.

One topic a day. Two or five minutes to learn it. Then explain it back in your own words.

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An early Unfried Today screen preview, showing a topic and a START button
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Fried versus unfried

Fried

Two hours of scrolling. Nothing to show for it.

Unfried

Two minutes learning something new. Then explain it back.

How it works

Learn it. Say it back. Get scored.

The learning screen, with a countdown timer and a progress bar above today's topic
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Learn

Choose two or five minutes. Finish the five-minute session with a submitted explanation for +200 bonus BP. Everyone gets the same daily topic.

The teach-it-back screen: learning time is over, a countdown, and a TEACH button
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Teach

Explain it in your own words, by voice or text. You have one minute after a two-minute session, or two minutes after a five-minute session.

The results screen: 292 Brain Points earned, with an Understanding score, a Depth bonus and a Commitment bonus
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Score

Your explanation is scored on Understanding and Depth. Brain Points feed your streak and a leaderboard of everyone who did today’s topic.

Next topic in

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Everyone gets the same topic. It changes at midnight, your local time, whether you’ve finished or not. The timer is real. So is the mild panic.

Biology · SystemsSample topic

How ants organise a colony without a leader

Ants following a trail on the forest floor

An ant colony behaves like a coordinated whole, yet no individual ant understands the colony’s complete plan.

The Unfried fried-egg mascot, waving

Explain it or it didn’t happen.

One topic a day. Two or five minutes. Then say it back.

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